Climate averages 1991–2020
Kostanay weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Kostanay: daytime highs average -8.9°C and nights cool to about -16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rudnyy (44 km away). In February its highs average -8.7°C, about as warm as Kostanay, with 18 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Kostanay ranks 23rd of 26 for the warmest February highs and joint 13th of 26 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Kostanay is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 7.7°C to -1.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 17 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kostanay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.9°C-17.3°C | -17.3°C | 17 | 5.2 | 8.18 h |
| February, selected | -8.9°C-16.0°C | -16.0°C | 17 | 5.0 | 9.810 h |
| March | -1.2°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 24 | 5.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 29 | 6.5 | 13.914 h |
| May | 19.3°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 45 | 8.5 | 15.816 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 40 | 7.9 | 16.917 h |
| July | 25.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 52 | 8.9 | 16.416 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 46 | 7.8 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 32 | 6.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 8.8°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 33 | 7.0 | 10.611 h |
| November | -1.9°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 24 | 6.0 | 8.79 h |
| December | -8.8°C-15.2°C | -15.2°C | 23 | 6.2 | 7.68 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Rudnyy in FebruaryKazakhstan · 44 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -16.0°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Troitsk in FebruaryRussia · 167 kmHigh -8.0°C · Low -16.3°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Kopeysk in FebruaryRussia · 249 kmHigh -9.0°C · Low -15.7°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Chelyabinsk in FebruaryRussia · 259 kmHigh -9.1°C · Low -15.8°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Kurgan in FebruaryRussia · 272 kmHigh -9.4°C · Low -16.6°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Miass in FebruaryRussia · 306 kmHigh -8.3°C · Low -16.0°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Magnitogorsk in FebruaryRussia · 307 kmHigh -8.1°C · Low -16.7°C · 19 mm precipitation
- Shadrinsk in FebruaryRussia · 319 kmHigh -9.6°C · Low -16.0°C · 15 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kostanay) is explained once on the Kostanay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.